Challenge assumptions

We live in a very fast pace world. We are
constantly looking for new things to do and it is
really hard to keep just a 40 hour work week.

Most of our time is committed to doing
something and yet almost always something is
left undone. We not only spent must of the day
working with our gadgets but we also take our
gadgets to the bed and that is keeping us from
getting a good sleep.

So that is the problem that we want to solve.

1. Make a motivational campaign to
avoid the usage of gadgets in bed

2. A gamified campaign to reward not
using your gadgets after goint to bed

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16230215@N08/4110421350/

3. Thick sleeping mask (in order to don’t
see the lights from your gadgets)

4. Thick sleeping mask for your
gadgets


100 Solutions
• take a foot massage
• take a bath in a whirlpool hot tub
• relaxing scents of nature in bedroom
• a session of Tai Chi to relax
• acupuncture

5. Special pillows that would make an
anonnying noise if you put your
cellphone on next to it

6. Daily routine to “disconnect” doin
a 30 minute activity not involving an
gadget before going to sleep


7. Time control app to know how
much time you’re dedicating to using
a gadget when already in bed (like
Toggl.com)

8. Time control app to know how
much sleep are you getting each day
of the month

0 Solutions
ke a walk at the seashore
en to nursery rhymes
ad a boring novel
actice yoga
ke a walk in a park

9.
Use a chair in the office to take a 15
minute nap every 4 hours
(http://www.vijayforvictory.com/techno
logy/cool-chair-to-have-a-power-nap-
at-office/3527/)

10. Replace your bed for with a sleeping
pod
(http://www.designbuzz.com/coolest-
sleeping-pods-for-some-serious-
napping-job/)

11. Don’t use your phone as an alarm
and charge it through the night in
another room

12. Make a schedule to use your phone
for browsing only during certain times
during the day


13. do some jogging at night in order to
be tired and don't want to use your
gadgets before sleeping

14. hide your phone inside a shoe


100 Solutions
• work in a embroidery or in some kind of craft
work
• Listen to classical music
• Not taking work to the bedroom
• Schedule appointments to be more organized
and less stressed
• Take a hot bath

15. leave the phone at the bedroom
and sleep in the dining room

16. use a “gadget in bed” jar, everytime
you use a gadget in bed you must put
$1 in the jar


17. read a book for ½ hour before
sleeping (no gadget usage allowed)

18. an app that block all your social
media apps for at least 6hrs in the night


19. every night put all your
gadgets(laptop, phone, tablet) inside a Faraday
bag (http://www.faradaybag.com/how-faraday-
bags-work.html)

20. Use a sleeping alarm (instead of a waking
alarm) and when it goes off go to sleep and
don’t touch your gadgets afterwards


• schedule bed time and wake up time
• relax by listening to jokes

• use a good pillow
• sliding curtains to keep bedroom dark
• comfortable nightclothes

100 Solutions

21. Drink a relaxing tea before going
to sleep

22. Don’t user your gadgets for stressful
activities (i.e. work) after going to bed


23. Instead of stay up in the night doing work
activities make a to-do list to complete the
pending tasks early in the morning

24. use a custom timed
DNS(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_Syst
em) that after certain time redirects social media sites
to localhost (so you can’t visit them)


100 Solutions
• Have a box where you can keep your gadgets
• Have an app that blocks notifications at a certain
time pre established.

• Use night eyeglasses that avoid receiving the light
of the gadgets
• Have a game that gives you badges when you put
your gadget in sleeping mode and if you turn the
screen on it subtracts points.
• Have a no electricity room. a place where you
can’t charge your gadgets.

25. use a timed data plan so you won’t
be able to use internet after certain
time

26. APP To shutdown your devices at a
determined time (like TV sleep-timer)


27. APP to track your sleephours according with
your daily agenda, and reminds you how long
time you will sleep.li

28. online community that supports
each other with advice and tools to
improve sleep habits


29. bed for devices with a charger (to put in
the table next to the bed, at determined
time it lights up to remind us that devices
must sleep too.

30. a training program to change
excessive use of devices during the
day, which includes suggestions for
activities in outdoors.


100 Solutions
• Keep your gadgets outside the room you sleep.
out of sight out of mind.
• Use something like
http://www.boomeranggmail.com/ that lets you
schedule when to receive email or reminders
• Create a sleeping routine
• Find out what makes you fall sleep and do it 30
minutes before your sleeping time
• Use a device to block wifi signal at a certain time

31. an online community who send
alerts to local users that is time to
sleep.

32. Programmable clock on each device
to lock the device at determined time.


33. contest for 8 hours sleep, synchronizing
devices to a platform which allows to track the
sleep hours, who gets more points for each
night sleeping the recommended time wins

34. helmet which has an screen where
people can have access to the screen of
their devices, when is time to sleep, screens
turns off.


35. google glasses to sleep.

36. screensaver like eyedefender
which changes into a calm image when
is time to sleep


100 solutions
• Have an app that reminds you how much energy you
save if you turn off your gadgets in terms of money.
• Install modern outlets
http://www.sparkenergy.com/blog/2011/december/m
odern-home-electrical-outlets/
• http://www.thinkecoinc.com/Product/Index

• Practice yoga or go swimming at night to relax.
• Cut off light at certain time unless you schedule it to be
turned off later.
• use earplugs to limit sound.

37. switch interruptor that turns off lights
and screens (tv, tablets, smartphones, etc.)

38. exercise routine before going to
bed


39. device door detector, if person
enters to the room with a device door
will play an alarm

40. sleeping capsule


41. device holder to put outside the
bedroom

42. reward program for sleeping 8
hours. $1 per night, like a saving
program

100 solutions

• Read a book instead of using your gadgets
• Drink half cup of wine
• Practice self hypnosis
• Have a jar where you have to put $1 for every
hour that you don’t sleep according to your
standard. And you have to give that money.
• Have an e-reader that you can schedule the
amount of time you can read at night and when it
gets to that time it sends you to sleep.

43. psychological therapy

44. big screen to display all devices
screen, each device can be
disconnected separately.


45. relaxing music and lighting in the room to
create a calm environment which invites the
person to sleep.

46. app which translates all text into japanese
or arabic language to make it hard to
understand until person gets bored


100 solutions
• Use an online social network to join a support
group and share how you get a good night
sleep

• make a special playlist in your ipod with
nature sounds
• sleep with music
• Wake up early you will be to tired to use your
gadgets at night.
• go to sleeping therapy

47. app that helps user to prioritize
content to read in the morning

48. bed with massaging system, which
makes a person so comfortable until he
falls asleep.


49. “priorities in bed” like breakfast in bed, once
you wake up, it displays an agenda of your tasks
to be accomplished during the day.

50. personal assistant: productivity
digital assistant who organizes activities
to fit during the day.


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